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ArticleChiropractic & manual therapies2018

Changes in pain knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of osteopathy students after completing a clinically focused pain education module.

Kylie Fitzgerald, Michael Fleischmann, Brett Vaughan, Kevin de Waal, Sarah Slater, John Harbis

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Article in Chiropractic & manual therapies, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kylie Fitzgerald1College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2412-0889
Michael Fleischmann1College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
Brett Vaughan2Department of Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Kevin de Waal1College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
Sarah Slater1College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
John Harbis1College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
Victoria University · AUThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Chronic pain is a substantial burden on the Australian healthcare system with an estimated 19.2% of Australians experiencing chronic pain. Knowledge of the neurophysiology and multidimensional aspects of pain is imperative to ensure health professionals apply a biopsychosocial approach to pain. Questionnaires may be used to assess learner changes in neurophysiology knowledge and beliefs and attitudes towards pain after education interventions.The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in pain neurophysiology knowledge, beliefs and attitudes following a 12 week clinically-focused pain module in year 3 osteopathy students as measured by the Neurophysiology of Pain (NPQ) Questionnaire and Health Care Providers Pain and Impairment Relationship scale (HC-PAIRS). Methods: A pre-post design was utilised. Learners completed a demographic information survey pre-module, and completed the NPQ & HC-PAIRS prior to undertaking, and after completing, a twelve week clinically-focused pain module. Results: Learners ( Conclusions: There was a significant improvement in NPQ score after the 12 week clinically-focused pain module. The HC-PAIRS result was paradoxical and may reflect issues with the module design or the measurement tool. The module duration is longer than that reported in the literature and demonstrates effectiveness in increasing pain neurophysiology knowledge.

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AdultAttitudeCultureFemaleHumansKnowledgeMaleOsteopathic MedicinePain ManagementPain MeasurementStudents, MedicalYoung AdultAcute painAssessmentChronic painClinical educationManual therapyMeasurementMedical educationReliability estimationSimulated learning

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PMID30364333
PMCPMC6194600
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